macjonny1:
Dave,
Isn't there issues using active speakers on the rear surround channels with non-B&O receivers/pre-amps, namely that the rear speakers will turn off and on during quiet parts of movies/etc? Have you had any experience with the Lexicon and B&O active speakers?
Well there is a fix to that....
Not sure if this is the place, but High End Pre-Ampls like a Lexicon, Mcintosh or even a AdCom will have a trigger outlet. I actually have a rack mount "box" I built to convert the Balanced Output and trigger to powerlink with special connectors for center and sub which take care of L/R and stuff like that. BTW, the trigger is not just a simple wire splice as the industry standard of 12 volt is not what B&O expects to activate the powerlink, plus you need to do some isolation to prevent any potential noise.
In the past I made special cables for this, but with the Ice Amps, you need a little bit more to prevent noise and now that the relay is done in solid state, you want to protect it more than the older speakers.
Anyway at some point I think I will make these for people on a per-order basis.... Like do you want rca to powerlink or balanced to powerlink with nickel transformers to warm up the sound a bit.
It is nice to be able to use my B&O 7.1 speaker setup and a professional quality pre-amp processor. The B&O one is nice but for the same price you can get a Mcintosh which is in a completely different league or just spend a couple of thousand US or Euros and get something as good as or even better than the B&O one.
Cheers,
Corey